Jobs

Posted 19 April 2008

Science Data Services Librarian
University of Oregon

Deadline: 'open until filled'

The University of Oregon Libraries seeks a knowledgeable, creative, and user-oriented colleague for the endowed position of Lorry I. Lokey Science Data Services Librarian. The incumbent in this newly established position will provide advanced library and information services to faculty and student researchers in the sciences, and will play a lead role in library and campus initiatives to collect, manage, and apply research data.

Responsibilities:
Data Services: Work with primary research community and other librarians to develop and sustain services for accessing and analyzing research data, with initial focus on bioinformatics and chemoinformatics. Act as liaison between campus or library initiatives and the research community to promote, facilitate, and support the development of services for collecting and archiving research data. Maintain awareness of tools and methodologies for computationally centered, data-driven science (data mining, visualization, text mining, etc.). Develop and maintain basic expertise in bioinformatics and chemoinformatics support. Build partnerships with relevant campus, state, and national data organizations. Reference, Instruction, and Collection Development:

Provide general reference services in the sciences. Provide extended assistance through consultations both in Science Library and offsite, especially questions about data. Serve as selector for chemistry and molecular biology. Participate in classroom instruction, workshops, orientations, tours, etc. Participate in developing and teaching credit courses relating to scientific informatics, and to data management, curation, retrieval, and use. Actively promote library resources and services, and be a channel of communication between the library and faculty, students, and staff in assigned departments, including meeting with new faculty members, attending departmental meetings and seminars, and monitoring faculty and graduate student listservs. Library, Campus, and Professional Development and Service: Manage or participate in other library activities and special projects, especially those involving new technologies and data. Develop and maintain awareness of data-centered initiatives in the sciences. Attend professional meetings, workshops and conferences for training and continuing professional development as appropriate. Participate in writing grant proposals. The successful candidate will support and enhance a diverse learning and working environment. Other related duties and projects as assigned. Reports to the Head, Science Library.

Qualifications:
Required: MLIS from ALA-accredited program; excellent communication skills; superior organizational and analytical skills; subject background in life sciences and/or chemistry or equivalent experience; experience with computer and telecommunications technologies for information management. Preferred: Degree in science or related discipline; at least two years of post-MLIS experience in an academic library; experience with teaching information management and computer technologies; coursework and/or experience in bio- or chemical informatics, science data management, cyber infrastructure, data mining, molecular modeling, etc.

Salary:
Salary commensurate with education and experience. The UO offers a generous benefits package. For details, see:
http://hr.uoregon.edu/benefits.

About the University of Oregon and Eugene:
The University of Oregon is the only ARL library in Oregon, whose 2.7 million-volume collection serves as an important research facility for scholars throughout the Northwest. The Library is host site to the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of thirty-four colleges and universities in Oregon and Washington with a shared catalog.

The UO has over 16,000 undergraduate students and approximately 4,000 graduate students, including 2,706 U.S. students of color and 1,175 international students, representing 87 countries. The university has an institutional commitment to diversity and multiculturalism, and the Library actively supports this goal with its Library Diversity Committee. The UO Libraries are known for their spirit of cooperation and collaboration, and for their ability to provide a variety of personal and professional opportunities that make a difference.

To Apply:
Please send Word or pdf attachments via e-mail and include the
following: cover letter, résumé, and names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of four references (one of whom must be indicated as your most current supervisor) to: libapps@uoregon.edu. Hard copy follow-up documents with signature should be sent to : Ms. Laine Stambaugh, Director, Library Human Resources, 1299 University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, OR 97403-1299. (541) 346-1895; (541) 346-3485 (FAX); lastamba@uoregon.edu.

Application review begins May 15, 2008 and continues until position is filled.

Academic Application Forms (either Short or Long Form) are available at http://academicaffairs.uoregon.edu/appointment/Forms/EmpApp.doc, and should be sent with hard copy documentation.

For complete description and details, see:
http://libweb.uoregon.edu/admnpers/dataservices.html

The University of Oregon is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employment/ADA-compliant institution strongly committed to cultural diversity.